Best Mystery Films of 1940

Midnight Limited

Mignight Limited takes place ... known to the Monogram executives, Midnight Limited is interrupted halfway through with a song performed by hero John King. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]

The Man with Nine Lives

Man with Nine Lives ... pigs in an effort to recreate the serum. Man with Nine Lives can be considered a real (ouch!) chiller. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]

Murder in the Night

Originally released in England ... Night could have gotten by on its own merits, the bravura performance of Jack LaRue truly "makes" the film. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]

The Haunted House

In the late 1930s-early ... director is Robert McGowan, formerly the guiding hand behind Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies of the 1920s and 1930s. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]

Phantom of Chinatown

In the last of ... gets to the bottom of things within the expected 68 minutes or so by using himself as a decoy. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]

The Invisible Killer

Invisible Killer was the ... done isn't quite the same thing as knowing who, and that's what Sue and Jerry want to find out. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]

The Green Archer [Serial]

In this 15-episode serial, ... the castle he finds a maze of secret passages, tunnels, trapdoors, and the enigmatic masked man, the Green Archer. [ best mystery films - 1940 ]